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Arizona reopening: Everyday movement no longer limited as state moves into weekend

A visitor takes a photo at the Grand Canyon Friday, May 15, 2020, in Grand Canyon, Ariz. Tourists are once again roaming portions of Â Grand Canyon National Park when it partially reopened Friday morning, despite objections that the action could exacerbate the coronavirus pandemic. Matt York, AP

The new coronavirus in Arizona

A visitor takes a photo at the Grand Canyon Friday, May 15, 2020, in Grand Canyon, Ariz. Tourists are once again roaming portions of Â Grand Canyon National Park when it partially reopened Friday morning, despite objections that the action could exacerbate the coronavirus pandemic.
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Matthew Garcia, owner of Arizona Bio-Fogging Disinfection Services, uses a propane powered bio-fogger to disinfect the Jabz Boxing studio at 3136 E. Indian School Road in Phoenix, as the boxing fitness center for women prepares to reopen following their closure in mid March because of the COVID-19 pandemic, on May 14, 2020. David Wallace/The Republic

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Matthew Garcia, owner of Arizona Bio-Fogging Disinfection Services, uses a propane powered bio-fogger to disinfect the Jabz Boxing studio at 3136 E. Indian School Road in Phoenix, as the boxing fitness center for women prepares to reopen following their closure in mid March because of the COVID-19 pandemic, on May 14, 2020.
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Father Andres Arango distributes Holy Communion while wearing a mask amid COVID-19 at Gordon Hall at St. Gregory's Catholic Church in Phoenix on May 10, 2020. Thomas Hawthorne/The Republic

The new coronavirus in Arizona

Father Andres Arango distributes Holy Communion while wearing a mask amid COVID-19 at Gordon Hall at St. Gregory's Catholic Church in Phoenix on May 10, 2020.
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Customers drink at the bar as masked employees work at Culinary Dropout in Phoenix on May 22, 2020. Eli Imadali/The Republic

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Customers drink at the bar as masked employees work at Culinary Dropout in Phoenix on May 22, 2020.
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A phone case and repair kiosk employee relaxes in between customers at Chandler Fashion Center mall in Chandler on May 23, 2020. , Eli Imadali/The Republic

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A phone case and repair kiosk employee relaxes in between customers at Chandler Fashion Center mall in Chandler on May 23, 2020.
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Greg Neises, a bartender, wipes down the bar after serving a guest at the Hotel Valley Ho in Scottsdale on May 22, 2020. With demand starting to pick back up at the Hotel Valley Ho, the hotel has implemented procedures such as partitions, limiting capacity and having staff wear masks during the COVID-19 pandemic. David Wallace/The Republic

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Greg Neises, a bartender, wipes down the bar after serving a guest at the Hotel Valley Ho in Scottsdale on May 22, 2020. With demand starting to pick back up at the Hotel Valley Ho, the hotel has implemented procedures such as partitions, limiting capacity and having staff wear masks during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Rianna Vallecillo receives her diploma from principal Sarah Tolar during a senior sendoff celebration on May 21, 2020, at Marcos de Niza High School in Tempe, Ariz. Sean Logan/The Republic

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Rianna Vallecillo receives her diploma from principal Sarah Tolar during a senior sendoff celebration on May 21, 2020, at Marcos de Niza High School in Tempe, Ariz.
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Actor Sean Penn records a video on a community member's phone at a food distribution point before the start of a weekend-long curfew in Coyote Canyon, New Mexico, on the Navajo Nation on May 15, 2020. David Wallace/The Republic

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Actor Sean Penn records a video on a community member's phone at a food distribution point before the start of a weekend-long curfew in Coyote Canyon, New Mexico, on the Navajo Nation on May 15, 2020.
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Volunteer Tuqa Alfatlawi, help Muslim community mostly from Syria, during the Food distribution at the Islamic Community Center of Phoenix. Families in need came for a drive-through service due to coronavirus for safety. Nick Oza/The Republic

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Volunteer Tuqa Alfatlawi, help Muslim community mostly from Syria, during the Food distribution at the Islamic Community Center of Phoenix. Families in need came for a drive-through service due to coronavirus for safety.
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Parishioners attend Mass at St. Luke Catholic Church in Phoenix May 17, 2020. The church resumed services limited to 25% capacity after state restrictions due to the coronavirus were allowed to expire. Michael Chow/The Republic

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Parishioners attend Mass at St. Luke Catholic Church in Phoenix May 17, 2020. The church resumed services limited to 25% capacity after state restrictions due to the coronavirus were allowed to expire.
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Mountain View students laugh and react to cars passing by during the Mountain View High School senior parade salute in Mesa, Ariz. on May 16, 2020. Patrick Breen/The Republic

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Mountain View students laugh and react to cars passing by during the Mountain View High School senior parade salute in Mesa, Ariz. on May 16, 2020.
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Graduating seniors toss their caps at 7:15pm during the Mountain View High School senior parade salute in Mesa, Ariz. on May 16, 2020. Patrick Breen/The Republic

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Graduating seniors toss their caps at 7:15pm during the Mountain View High School senior parade salute in Mesa, Ariz. on May 16, 2020.
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Tubers float down the Salt River during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mesa, Ariz. on May 16, 2020. Arizona Governor Doug Ducey lifted his stay-at-home order Friday, the 15, and the day after Salt River Tubing reopened with some guidelines in place to promote safety during the pandemic. Thomas Hawthorne/The Republic

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Tubers float down the Salt River during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mesa, Ariz. on May 16, 2020. Arizona Governor Doug Ducey lifted his stay-at-home order Friday, the 15, and the day after Salt River Tubing reopened with some guidelines in place to promote safety during the pandemic.
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Local residents go for evening outing at Tempe Town Lake on May 14, 2020. Nick Oza/The Republic

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Local residents go for evening outing at Tempe Town Lake on May 14, 2020.
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James Landry (left) and Coy Vernon train while others chill having picnic at Scottsdale Civic Center on May 14, 2020. Nick Oza/The Republic

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James Landry (left) and Coy Vernon train while others chill having picnic at Scottsdale Civic Center on May 14, 2020.
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Erin Walter, from left, Angelica Kenrick and Sheri Rearick, all with the Professional Beauty Association, participate in an online work meeting at Kenrick's home in Phoenix on May 14, 2020. Walter and Rearick surprised Kenrick on her birthday by coming to her home, to work from home. The three employees had not seen each other in weeks. David Wallace/The Republic

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Erin Walter, from left, Angelica Kenrick and Sheri Rearick, all with the Professional Beauty Association, participate in an online work meeting at Kenrick's home in Phoenix on May 14, 2020. Walter and Rearick surprised Kenrick on her birthday by coming to her home, to work from home. The three employees had not seen each other in weeks.
David Wallace/The Republic

May 12, 2020; Scottsdale, Arizona, USA; No spectators allowed signs at the club house during round one at the Scottsdale AZ Open at Talking Stick Golf Club's OÕodham course. This is the first semi-significant sports event to take place in the Valley since the sports shutdown in March due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Mandatory Credit: Rob Schumacher-USA TODAY Sports Rob Schumacher, Rob Schumacher-USA TODAY Sports

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May 12, 2020; Scottsdale, Arizona, USA; No spectators allowed signs at the club house during round one at the Scottsdale AZ Open at Talking Stick Golf Club's OÕodham course. This is the first semi-significant sports event to take place in the Valley since the sports shutdown in March due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Mandatory Credit: Rob Schumacher-USA TODAY Sports
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People pack into CASA Tempe on the first day of dine in reopening in Tempe on May 11, 2020. Patrick Breen/The Republic

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People pack into CASA Tempe on the first day of dine in reopening in Tempe on May 11, 2020.
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People pack into CASA Tempe on the first day of dine-in reopening in Tempe on May 11, 2020. Patrick Breen/The Republic

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People pack into CASA Tempe on the first day of dine-in reopening in Tempe on May 11, 2020.
Patrick Breen/The Republic

Lo-Lo's Chicken & Waffles offers dine in services after more than a month of take out only due to COVID-19 in Phoenix, Ariz. on May 11, 2020. Many restaurants around Arizona began reopening dining services as Arizona Governor Doug Ducey lifted some restrictions under the COVID-19 lock down. Thomas Hawthorne/The Republic

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Lo-Lo's Chicken & Waffles offers dine in services after more than a month of take out only due to COVID-19 in Phoenix, Ariz. on May 11, 2020. Many restaurants around Arizona began reopening dining services as Arizona Governor Doug Ducey lifted some restrictions under the COVID-19 lock down.
Thomas Hawthorne/The Republic

From left, Kiaya Stearns, Cae Stearns, Heather Stears and Landen Stearns wave to their grandparents above, Harry and Jeanne Sharkey, during a drive-by Mother's Day parade at LivGenerations, a senior-living community in Ahwatukee, on May 10, 2020. Seeing their grandparents' reaction to the parade said it all, they said. "It felt amazing," Heather Stearns said. Eli Imadali/The Republic

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From left, Kiaya Stearns, Cae Stearns, Heather Stears and Landen Stearns wave to their grandparents above, Harry and Jeanne Sharkey, during a drive-by Mother's Day parade at LivGenerations, a senior-living community in Ahwatukee, on May 10, 2020. Seeing their grandparents' reaction to the parade said it all, they said. "It felt amazing," Heather Stearns said.
Eli Imadali/The Republic

Sarah Lawrence gets tested for COVID-19 by a Dignity Health medical worker at a drive-up testing site at State Farm Stadium from Dignity Health and the Arizona Cardinals in Glendale on Saturday, May 9, 2020. Eli Imadali/The Republic

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Sarah Lawrence gets tested for COVID-19 by a Dignity Health medical worker at a drive-up testing site at State Farm Stadium from Dignity Health and the Arizona Cardinals in Glendale on Saturday, May 9, 2020.
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Dignity Health medical workers Stephanie Tyrin and Shannon Miller relax in between patients at a drive-up coronavirus testing site at State Farm Stadium from Dignity Health and the Arizona Cardinals in Glendale on Saturday, May 9, 2020. Eli Imadali/The Republic

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Dignity Health medical workers Stephanie Tyrin and Shannon Miller relax in between patients at a drive-up coronavirus testing site at State Farm Stadium from Dignity Health and the Arizona Cardinals in Glendale on Saturday, May 9, 2020.
Eli Imadali/The Republic

From left, manager David Grady and owner Mimi Nguyen do mother and daughter customers Tonna and Elaina Yutze's nails at AZ Nails Spa 101 near the P83 Entertainment District in Peoria on May 8, 2020. Eli Imadali/The Republic

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From left, manager David Grady and owner Mimi Nguyen do mother and daughter customers Tonna and Elaina Yutze's nails at AZ Nails Spa 101 near the P83 Entertainment District in Peoria on May 8, 2020.
Eli Imadali/The Republic

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The staff of Hood Burger outside Cobra Arcade Bar in downtown Phoenix on May 2, 2020. Hood Burger, a nonprofit pop-up eatery, is offering food to help the Arizona Coalition to Arizona Coalition to End Sexual & Domestic Violence. Nick Oza/The Republic

The new coronavirus in Arizona

The staff of Hood Burger outside Cobra Arcade Bar in downtown Phoenix on May 2, 2020. Hood Burger, a nonprofit pop-up eatery, is offering food to help the Arizona Coalition to Arizona Coalition to End Sexual & Domestic Violence.
Nick Oza/The Republic

Demonstrators listen to speakers during a rally for the governor to open the state at Wesley Bolin Plaza in Phoenix. Organizers of the event say that quarantine is for the sick and not the healthy. May 3, 2020. Michael Chow/The Republic

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Demonstrators listen to speakers during a rally for the governor to open the state at Wesley Bolin Plaza in Phoenix. Organizers of the event say that quarantine is for the sick and not the healthy. May 3, 2020.
Michael Chow/The Republic

Derick Asturias gets tested for the novel coronavirus during the testing blitz at Valle del Sol, a testing site in Phoenix on May 2, 2020. Eli Imadali/The Republic

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Derick Asturias gets tested for the novel coronavirus during the testing blitz at Valle del Sol, a testing site in Phoenix on May 2, 2020.
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Jets with Luke Air Force Base and the Arizona National Guard fly over the valley near Luke Air Force base to honor people fighting on the front lines of the COVID-19 virus in Ariz. on May 1, 2020. Thomas Hawthorne, Thomas Hawthorne/The Republic

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Jets with Luke Air Force Base and the Arizona National Guard fly over the valley near Luke Air Force base to honor people fighting on the front lines of the COVID-19 virus in Ariz. on May 1, 2020.
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Healthcare professionals take a selfie outside Valleywise Health Medical Center as they wait for a flyover from the Arizona National Guard to honor essential workers in Phoenix, Ariz. on May 1, 2020. Patrick Breen/The Republic

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Healthcare professionals take a selfie outside Valleywise Health Medical Center as they wait for a flyover from the Arizona National Guard to honor essential workers in Phoenix, Ariz. on May 1, 2020.
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Brandy Nieman, on left, and Jill Cunningham rides in a bus in downtown Phoenix. Valley Metro Transit System will be reducing their services due to Covid-19. Nick Oza/The Republic

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Brandy Nieman, on left, and Jill Cunningham rides in a bus in downtown Phoenix. Valley Metro Transit System will be reducing their services due to Covid-19.
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Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald speaks to the media before dropping off food to medical workers April 29, 2020. Fitzgerald was dropping off food from Ocean 44 Restaurant to various health care workers helping with COVID-19. Michael Chow/The Republic

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Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald speaks to the media before dropping off food to medical workers April 29, 2020. Fitzgerald was dropping off food from Ocean 44 Restaurant to various health care workers helping with COVID-19.
Michael Chow/The Republic

Quyen Bach (left) and Chris French have their photos taken by Kim Ly at Papago Park in Phoenix on April 29, 2020. Both are graduating from A.T. Still University Arizona School of Dentistry. Michael Chow/The Republic

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Quyen Bach (left) and Chris French have their photos taken by Kim Ly at Papago Park in Phoenix on April 29, 2020. Both are graduating from A.T. Still University Arizona School of Dentistry.
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Jamie Doles lays with her daughter Paisley, 3, as they watch the Book of Life at the Digital Drive-In AZ in Mesa, Ariz. on April 20, 2020. Patrick Breen/The Republic

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Jamie Doles lays with her daughter Paisley, 3, as they watch the Book of Life at the Digital Drive-In AZ in Mesa, Ariz. on April 20, 2020.
Patrick Breen/The Republic

A health care worker stands in counter protest as people march towards the Arizona State Capitol in protest of Gov. Doug Ducey's stay-at-home order to combat the coronavirus April 20, 2020. They were urging the governor to re-open the state. Michael Chow/The Republic

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A health care worker stands in counter protest as people march towards the Arizona State Capitol in protest of Gov. Doug Ducey's stay-at-home order to combat the coronavirus April 20, 2020. They were urging the governor to re-open the state.
Michael Chow/The Republic

The copper dome and Winged Victory statue over the Arizona State Capitol is illuminated with blue light in Phoenix during the "Light It Blue" campaign across the United States to honor essential front-line workers and health care professionals during the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. Rob Schumacher/The Republic

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The copper dome and Winged Victory statue over the Arizona State Capitol is illuminated with blue light in Phoenix during the "Light It Blue" campaign across the United States to honor essential front-line workers and health care professionals during the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic.
Rob Schumacher/The Republic

United Food Bank volunteers and National Guard soldiers distribute care packages to families on April 17, 2020, at the Mesa Convention Center in Mesa, Ariz. Sean Logan/The Republic

The new coronavirus in Arizona

United Food Bank volunteers and National Guard soldiers distribute care packages to families on April 17, 2020, at the Mesa Convention Center in Mesa, Ariz.
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Melissa Read breaks down cardboard boxes while United Food Bank volunteers and National Guard soldiers distribute care packages to families on April 17, 2020, at the Mesa Convention Center in Mesa, Ariz. Sean Logan/The Republic

The new coronavirus in Arizona

Melissa Read breaks down cardboard boxes while United Food Bank volunteers and National Guard soldiers distribute care packages to families on April 17, 2020, at the Mesa Convention Center in Mesa, Ariz.
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Bruce Forstrom, a volunteer with United Food Bank, prepares emergency food bags at the United Food Bank warehouse in Mesa on April 16, 2020. Despite the increased need because of the coronavirus pandemic, United Food Bank has seen an over 60 percent decrease in volunteers, also because of the pandemic, according to Tyson Nansel, United Food Bank director of public and media relations. David Wallace/The Republic

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Bruce Forstrom, a volunteer with United Food Bank, prepares emergency food bags at the United Food Bank warehouse in Mesa on April 16, 2020. Despite the increased need because of the coronavirus pandemic, United Food Bank has seen an over 60 percent decrease in volunteers, also because of the pandemic, according to Tyson Nansel, United Food Bank director of public and media relations.
David Wallace/The Republic

A rider wears a mask over her face while traveling east on the Arizona Canal Trail near Goldwater Blvd and East 5th Ave. in Scottsdale. Apr. 15, 2020 Rob Schumacher/The Republic

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A rider wears a mask over her face while traveling east on the Arizona Canal Trail near Goldwater Blvd and East 5th Ave. in Scottsdale. Apr. 15, 2020
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James Smith, with Balfour, the company that sells graduations caps and gowns, hands a cap, gown and grad box which includes graduation mailing announcements, to a Skyline high school graduating senior as they pick them up from their vehicle at Skyline high school in Mesa on April 14, 2020. Tom Brennan, principal of Skyline, says he is unsure what kind of graduation ceremony they will have, if any at all, because of the coronavirus pandemic. David Wallace/The Republic

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James Smith, with Balfour, the company that sells graduations caps and gowns, hands a cap, gown and grad box which includes graduation mailing announcements, to a Skyline high school graduating senior as they pick them up from their vehicle at Skyline high school in Mesa on April 14, 2020. Tom Brennan, principal of Skyline, says he is unsure what kind of graduation ceremony they will have, if any at all, because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Frances Rozzen, wearing a mask because of the coronavirus pandemic, looks at the near empty shelves of toilet paper and paper towels at the Safeway grocery store on 16th Street and Southern Avenue in Phoenix on April 13, 2020. David Wallace/The Republic

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Frances Rozzen, wearing a mask because of the coronavirus pandemic, looks at the near empty shelves of toilet paper and paper towels at the Safeway grocery store on 16th Street and Southern Avenue in Phoenix on April 13, 2020.
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Kathy Jacobsen signals to her mother, Audrey Wilson, 80, who has dementia, through the glass pane of a door, at Arbor Rose Senior Center in Mesa on April 1, 2020. Jacobsen was taking her mother out of the facility because of concerns of a coronavirus outbreak within the facility. She is moving her mother in with her at her Gilbert home. Jacobsen had not be able to visit her mother inside the facility because of the coronavirus pandemic since early March. David Wallace/The Republic

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Kathy Jacobsen signals to her mother, Audrey Wilson, 80, who has dementia, through the glass pane of a door, at Arbor Rose Senior Center in Mesa on April 1, 2020. Jacobsen was taking her mother out of the facility because of concerns of a coronavirus outbreak within the facility. She is moving her mother in with her at her Gilbert home. Jacobsen had not be able to visit her mother inside the facility because of the coronavirus pandemic since early March.
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Charlie and Stacy Derouen raise their hands as they listen to Pastor Jason Anderson during an Easter drive-in service at the Living World Bible Church in Mesa, Ariz. on April 12, 2020. Patrick Breen/The Republic

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Charlie and Stacy Derouen raise their hands as they listen to Pastor Jason Anderson during an Easter drive-in service at the Living World Bible Church in Mesa, Ariz. on April 12, 2020.
Patrick Breen/The Republic

Friends catch up on conversation and practice social distancing in an empty shopping center in Phoenix on April 11, 2020. Michael Meister/The Republic

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Friends catch up on conversation and practice social distancing in an empty shopping center in Phoenix on April 11, 2020.
Michael Meister/The Republic

Apr. 10, 2020; Phoenix, AZ, USA; A cross tops the steeple at Dream City Church in Phoenix during the sunrise on Good Friday. Most churches across the United States will be empty on Easter Sunday due to the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. Rob Schumacher/The Republic

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Apr. 10, 2020; Phoenix, AZ, USA; A cross tops the steeple at Dream City Church in Phoenix during the sunrise on Good Friday. Most churches across the United States will be empty on Easter Sunday due to the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic.
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Damion Holliday (left) and Andrew Morales wait for their flight to San Diego at Terminal 4 on April 9, 2020, at Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix. Sean Logan/The Republic

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Damion Holliday (left) and Andrew Morales wait for their flight to San Diego at Terminal 4 on April 9, 2020, at Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix.
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Airport employees touch their feet together at Terminal 4 on April 9, 2020, at Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix. Sean Logan/The Republic

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Airport employees touch their feet together at Terminal 4 on April 9, 2020, at Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix.
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Chalk messages written on a sidewalk in a Tempe neighborhood, reference the coronavirus pandemic on April 8, 2020. David Wallace/The Republic

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Chalk messages written on a sidewalk in a Tempe neighborhood, reference the coronavirus pandemic on April 8, 2020.
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Bryan Harding, who works in real estate, works on his front porch in the Maple-Ash neighborhood of Tempe on April 9, 2020. Harding says he likes to work outside because it gives him his own space while his wife works inside. Eli Imadali/The Republic

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Bryan Harding, who works in real estate, works on his front porch in the Maple-Ash neighborhood of Tempe on April 9, 2020. Harding says he likes to work outside because it gives him his own space while his wife works inside.
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People at Living Word Bible Church attend a "drive-in church service" in Mesa, Ariz. April 5, 2020. The coronavirus pandemic has forced churches to come up with new ways to hold service while social distancing. People are encouraged to honk for amen. Michael Chow/The Republic

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People at Living Word Bible Church attend a "drive-in church service" in Mesa, Ariz. April 5, 2020. The coronavirus pandemic has forced churches to come up with new ways to hold service while social distancing. People are encouraged to honk for amen.
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Zacona Michaux hands out lunches at Edison Elementary School in Mesa on April 9, 2020. Mesa school district is having trouble getting food supplies and is having to scale back on meal distribution. Edison elementary meal site is closing effective April 10. Starting April 13 meals can be picked up a Kino Junior High (Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays).
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Zacona Michaux hands out lunches at Edison Elementary School in Mesa on April 9, 2020. Mesa school district is having trouble getting food supplies and is having to scale back on meal distribution. Edison elementary meal site is closing effective April 10. Starting April 13 meals can be picked up a Kino Junior High (Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays).
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Haim Ainsworth and his son, Jacob Shapiro-Ainsworth, 11, share a laugh during an online Seder during the first night of the Jewish holiday of Passover at their home in Tempe on April 8, 2020. The Seder which included members from Temple Emanuel was being held online because of the coronavirus pandemic. David Wallace/The Republic

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Haim Ainsworth and his son, Jacob Shapiro-Ainsworth, 11, share a laugh during an online Seder during the first night of the Jewish holiday of Passover at their home in Tempe on April 8, 2020. The Seder which included members from Temple Emanuel was being held online because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Apr. 7, 2020; Phoenix, AZ, USA; The supermoon, also known as the pink moon rises over the Papago Park Buttes, it is the biggest and brightest supermoon of 2020. The coronavirus has changed our lives as social distancing is in our lives Rob Schumacher/The Republic

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Apr. 7, 2020; Phoenix, AZ, USA; The supermoon, also known as the pink moon rises over the Papago Park Buttes, it is the biggest and brightest supermoon of 2020. The coronavirus has changed our lives as social distancing is in our lives
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Cowboy Club employee Jonathan Castillo wipes down a shelf in Sedona on April 7, 2020. Thomas Hawthorne/The Republic

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Cowboy Club employee Jonathan Castillo wipes down a shelf in Sedona on April 7, 2020.
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More than 1,000 rental cars sit in a parking lot near Priest Dr. and Van Buren St. in Phoenix, Ariz. on April 6, 2020. Patrick Breen/The Republic

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More than 1,000 rental cars sit in a parking lot near Priest Dr. and Van Buren St. in Phoenix, Ariz. on April 6, 2020.
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Vista Monterey Park in Mesa, Ariz. is closed because of the coronavirus pandemic April 5, 2020. Michael Chow/The Republic

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Vista Monterey Park in Mesa, Ariz. is closed because of the coronavirus pandemic April 5, 2020.
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Dikeya Williams stands for a portrait outside Safeway in Phoenix on April 5, 2020. She's worn her mask, complete with a stapled on image of teeth with grillz and fangs, for two weeks and works as a child care director and provider. Eli Imadali/The Republic

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Dikeya Williams stands for a portrait outside Safeway in Phoenix on April 5, 2020. She's worn her mask, complete with a stapled on image of teeth with grillz and fangs, for two weeks and works as a child care director and provider.
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Mary Vale (left) and Becky Leuluai wait to give out care packages to hotel employees on April 3, 2020, at the Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix. Sean Logan/The Republic

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Mary Vale (left) and Becky Leuluai wait to give out care packages to hotel employees on April 3, 2020, at the Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix.
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Dee Madden has her hair washed at The Savvy Stylist on a quiet Friday afternoon at the Tempe hair salon on April 3, 2020, just before Gov. Doug Ducey ordered hair and nail salons to be shut down by 5 p.m. on Saturday. Many people are avoiding hair care during the new coronavirus pandemic due to its hands-on nature. Eli Imadali/The Republic

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Dee Madden has her hair washed at The Savvy Stylist on a quiet Friday afternoon at the Tempe hair salon on April 3, 2020, just before Gov. Doug Ducey ordered hair and nail salons to be shut down by 5 p.m. on Saturday. Many people are avoiding hair care during the new coronavirus pandemic due to its hands-on nature.
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Colton Williams with Crescent Crown Distributing, delivers beer to Tops Liquors in Tempe, Ariz., on April 2, 2020. Tops Liquors has seen an 40 percent increase in sales in the last two weeks. Cheryl Evans/The Republic

The new coronavirus in Arizona

Colton Williams with Crescent Crown Distributing, delivers beer to Tops Liquors in Tempe, Ariz., on April 2, 2020. Tops Liquors has seen an 40 percent increase in sales in the last two weeks.
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Isolation tents are set up for homeless persons showing symptoms of COVID-19 at the Central Arizona Shelter Services in Phoenix, Ariz. on April 2, 2020. Thomas Hawthorne/The Republic

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Isolation tents are set up for homeless persons showing symptoms of COVID-19 at the Central Arizona Shelter Services in Phoenix, Ariz. on April 2, 2020.
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The City of Phoenix closes park amenities due to the COVID-19 health crisis on the first day of Gov. Doug Ducey's "stay at home" order at Steele Indian School Park in Phoenix. Rob Schumacher/The Republic

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The City of Phoenix closes park amenities due to the COVID-19 health crisis on the first day of Gov. Doug Ducey's "stay at home" order at Steele Indian School Park in Phoenix.
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A woman holds a baby outside of the lobby at Banner University Medical Center Phoenix on the first day of Gov. Doug Ducey's "stay at home" order on April 1, 2020, in Phoenix. Sean Logan/The Republic

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A woman holds a baby outside of the lobby at Banner University Medical Center Phoenix on the first day of Gov. Doug Ducey's "stay at home" order on April 1, 2020, in Phoenix.
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Paige Mulvey, 7, touches hands with her grandmother, Kathy Holcombe, 66, through a door window at her home on March 30, 2020, in Phoenix. Sean Logan/The Republic

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Paige Mulvey, 7, touches hands with her grandmother, Kathy Holcombe, 66, through a door window at her home on March 30, 2020, in Phoenix.
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A sign hangs at the front gate to Coyote Ranch, in Yuma, Ariz., Monday, March 29, 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Randy Hoeft, AP

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A sign hangs at the front gate to Coyote Ranch, in Yuma, Ariz., Monday, March 29, 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Randy Hoeft, AP

Gov. Doug Ducey listens to speakers on COVID-19 during a news conference at the Arizona Commerce Authority in Phoenix March 30, 2020. Gov. Ducey issued a stay at home order effective close of business March 31. Michael Chow/The Republic

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Gov. Doug Ducey listens to speakers on COVID-19 during a news conference at the Arizona Commerce Authority in Phoenix March 30, 2020. Gov. Ducey issued a stay at home order effective close of business March 31.
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Dr. Warren Stewart Sr., senior pastor, speaks during a live-streamed Sunday service at First Institutional Baptist Church in Phoenix on March 29, 2020. Eli Imadali/The Republic

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Dr. Warren Stewart Sr., senior pastor, speaks during a live-streamed Sunday service at First Institutional Baptist Church in Phoenix on March 29, 2020.
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U.S. Army National Guard specialist Frank Rezzano and U.S. Air Force technical sergeant Justin Emanuelson stock shelves at Basha's grocery store in Scottsdale on March 28, 2020. Eli Imadali/The Republic

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U.S. Army National Guard specialist Frank Rezzano and U.S. Air Force technical sergeant Justin Emanuelson stock shelves at Basha's grocery store in Scottsdale on March 28, 2020.
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Adam Hansen, a doctor from Redirect Health in Glendale, takes a swab from a patient in a drive-thru to test for flu and coronavirus on March 25, 2020. Medicare and some insurance plans will cover the testing (with normal co-pays and deductibles) or there is a $49 self-pay option. Experts say it's important to get a test inside the first 48 hours of symptoms starting. Nick Oza/The Republic

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Adam Hansen, a doctor from Redirect Health in Glendale, takes a swab from a patient in a drive-thru to test for flu and coronavirus on March 25, 2020. Medicare and some insurance plans will cover the testing (with normal co-pays and deductibles) or there is a $49 self-pay option. Experts say it's important to get a test inside the first 48 hours of symptoms starting.
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Medical assistant Mary Hermiz checks a sample from a patient at a Glendale drive-thru that tests for flu and coronavirus on March 25, 2020. Medicare and some insurance plans will cover the testing (with normal co-pays and deductibles) or there is a $49 self-pay option. Experts say it's important to get a test inside the first 48 hours of symptoms starting. Nick Oza/The Republic

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Medical assistant Mary Hermiz checks a sample from a patient at a Glendale drive-thru that tests for flu and coronavirus on March 25, 2020. Medicare and some insurance plans will cover the testing (with normal co-pays and deductibles) or there is a $49 self-pay option. Experts say it's important to get a test inside the first 48 hours of symptoms starting.
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As many Phoenicians work from home due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Central Avenue appears empty and void of traffic in downtown Phoenix on March 25, 2020. Michael Chow and Thomas Hawthorne/The Republic

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As many Phoenicians work from home due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Central Avenue appears empty and void of traffic in downtown Phoenix on March 25, 2020.
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Spc. Sofia Pez (left) and Spc. Juan Sandoval load a box into a client's vehicle on March 25, 2020, at the St. Mary's Food Bank Alliance in Phoenix. Mark Henle/The Republic

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Spc. Sofia Pez (left) and Spc. Juan Sandoval load a box into a client's vehicle on March 25, 2020, at the St. Mary's Food Bank Alliance in Phoenix.
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Emily Miles has her temperature taken before being allowed to donate blood at a temporary blood bank set up in a church's fellowship hall Tuesday, March 24, 2020, in Tempe, Ariz. Schools and businesses that typically host blood drives are temporarily closed due to precautionary measures in place to reduce the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus leading to extremely low levels of blood availability throughout the state. Matt York, AP

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Emily Miles has her temperature taken before being allowed to donate blood at a temporary blood bank set up in a church's fellowship hall Tuesday, March 24, 2020, in Tempe, Ariz. Schools and businesses that typically host blood drives are temporarily closed due to precautionary measures in place to reduce the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus leading to extremely low levels of blood availability throughout the state.
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Shawn Ray, owner of S2 Armament LLC, tells a customer that nearly all inventory of firearms and ammo are sold out at Patriot Nation Firearms and Accessories in Phoenix. David Wallace/The Republic

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Shawn Ray, owner of S2 Armament LLC, tells a customer that nearly all inventory of firearms and ammo are sold out at Patriot Nation Firearms and Accessories in Phoenix.
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John White, 9, decorates his mother's van before a parade for Val Vista Lakes Elementary School students in their neighborhoods on March 23, 2020, in Gilbert, Ariz. Sean Logan/The Republic

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John White, 9, decorates his mother's van before a parade for Val Vista Lakes Elementary School students in their neighborhoods on March 23, 2020, in Gilbert, Ariz.
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Banner UMC’s drive-up system in Tucson is for emergency room triage for a variety of illnesses and is not for random testing for COVID-19. It has been put in place to keep crowds from the ER and protect the health of patients and staff. Josh Galemore/Arizona Daily Star

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Banner UMC’s drive-up system in Tucson is for emergency room triage for a variety of illnesses and is not for random testing for COVID-19. It has been put in place to keep crowds from the ER and protect the health of patients and staff.
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Sheena Williams of Nature's Medicines announcing to keep a distance from each other from long lines for people who are in need with their medical card. Because of the new law on gathering, they were allowing five people at the time, and everyone was keeping a distance from themselves to get their Medicine. Nick Oza/The Republic

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Sheena Williams of Nature's Medicines announcing to keep a distance from each other from long lines for people who are in need with their medical card. Because of the new law on gathering, they were allowing five people at the time, and everyone was keeping a distance from themselves to get their Medicine.
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A tent for extra hospital beds is pictured at the Phoenix VA on March 19, 2020, in Phoenix. Eli Imadali/The Republic

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A tent for extra hospital beds is pictured at the Phoenix VA on March 19, 2020, in Phoenix.
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Individuals are tested for COVID-19, also known as the coronavirus at a mobile clinic set up in the parking lot at the Mayo Clinic Hospital in Phoenix on the morning of March 18, 2020. Only Mayo Clinic patients with a doctor's order could use the mobile clinic. A slow but steady stream of vehicles was passing through the mobile clinic on Wednesday morning. David Wallace/The Republic

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Individuals are tested for COVID-19, also known as the coronavirus at a mobile clinic set up in the parking lot at the Mayo Clinic Hospital in Phoenix on the morning of March 18, 2020. Only Mayo Clinic patients with a doctor's order could use the mobile clinic. A slow but steady stream of vehicles was passing through the mobile clinic on Wednesday morning.
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Mar. 18, 2020; Grand Canyon National Park, AZ, USA; Two Taiwanese tourists wear N-95 masks while taking in the view at Mather Point at Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona. Due to the coronavirus COVID-19, park entrance fees are suspended, shuttle bus service is suspended and visitor centers are closed. Rob Schumacher/The Republic

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Mar. 18, 2020; Grand Canyon National Park, AZ, USA; Two Taiwanese tourists wear N-95 masks while taking in the view at Mather Point at Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona. Due to the coronavirus COVID-19, park entrance fees are suspended, shuttle bus service is suspended and visitor centers are closed.
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A customers grabs a package of toilet paper on March 18, 2020, at a Target store in Tempe. Target is only allowing one per customer. Mark Henle/The Republic

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A customers grabs a package of toilet paper on March 18, 2020, at a Target store in Tempe. Target is only allowing one per customer.
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Customers grab toilet paper on March 18, 2020, at a Target store in Tempe. Target is only allowing one per customer. Mark Henle/The Republic

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Customers grab toilet paper on March 18, 2020, at a Target store in Tempe. Target is only allowing one per customer.
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Hikers watch the sun set from the top of "A" Mountain in Tempe on March 17, 2020. Michael Chow/The Republic

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Hikers watch the sun set from the top of "A" Mountain in Tempe on March 17, 2020.
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Juliana Posso (L) and Evan Davis during the Brides of March bar crawl at the Churchill in Phoenix, Ariz. on March 13, 2020. Patrick Breen/The Republic

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Juliana Posso (L) and Evan Davis during the Brides of March bar crawl at the Churchill in Phoenix, Ariz. on March 13, 2020.
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A sign announces that Major League Baseball has suspended the 2020 spring training season, this is in response to the COVID-19 virus health emergency on March 13, 2020 at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick in Scottsdale. Rob Schumacher/The Republic

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A sign announces that Major League Baseball has suspended the 2020 spring training season, this is in response to the COVID-19 virus health emergency on March 13, 2020 at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick in Scottsdale.
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Robert Truman, with SSC Services for Education, uses an electrostatic sprayer to sanitize a classroom on March 12, 2020, at Kyrene de la Mirada Elementary School in Chandler. Mark Henle/The Republic

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Robert Truman, with SSC Services for Education, uses an electrostatic sprayer to sanitize a classroom on March 12, 2020, at Kyrene de la Mirada Elementary School in Chandler.
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A visitor takes a photo at the Grand Canyon Friday, May 15, 2020, in Grand Canyon, Ariz. Tourists are once again roaming portions of Â Grand Canyon National Park when it partially reopened Friday morning, despite objections that the action could exacerbate the coronavirus pandemic.

The state's stay-at-home order has expired, and gyms, restaurants, park amenities and other options are open to Arizonans after a six-week shutdown. Our reporters will be checking in across metro Phoenix on Saturday to share details about the activities under way and the mood of those participating.

8 p.m.: Like a holiday weekend

Traveling west on State Route 260 felt like driving on a holiday weekend. Every turnout was packed with hikers, off-road vehicle trailers and trucks packed with camping gear. Between Heber and Payson, there were no less than 10 police cars including several Arizona Department of Public Safety and Payson Police Department cruisers that had pulled vehicles over.

Forest Lakes was also packed; the general store, now open for the season, sported a full parking lot. At a convenience store in Heber, the front counter offered masks for sale with a message about staying safe next to a Trump hat display.

Snowflake residents said they felt the pandemic had passed them by — except for the financial fallout left from the lockdown order. Snowflake High School worked out a unique way for more than 170 seniors to graduate. The stage was carefully decorated, and grads walked to get their diplomas and receive their yearbooks and other awards. However, each senior walked alone according to a published schedule, and only four family members were allowed in the auditorium to keep contact to a minimum. Later, a video will be made and shared to all graduates and their families. The process took two days.

Madisen Rogers graduates in May 2020.(Photo: Courtesy of Debra Krol)

My own granddaughter Madisen Rogers, 18, was one of those grads. She wore a Native-themed blanket stole over her white gown, gifted by the school to each Native American grad. About 7% of Snowflake and neighboring Taylor's residents are Indigenous, mostly Navajo and Apache. Madisen is a citizen of my tribe, the Xolon Salinan Tribe.

A lot of people in Snowflake are convinced that the new coronavirus had already hit town before the lockdown; Madi's parents were very sick with COVID-19-like symptoms in late February as were several other dozen residents, but they haven't yet asked for antibody tests to confirm if they did have COVID-19.

White Mountain residents are also worried about the fate of their local hospital in Show Low. Due to the governor's order to cease elective surgeries, they said many doctors and nurses had to be furloughed, and they are afraid the hospital may shut its doors, leaving residents of southern Navajo and Apache counties with no options for hospital services except to travel to Flagstaff or Phoenix for care.

— Debra Krol

4 p.m. Craving human touch, one massage studio is totally booked

Space Massage Studio in Phoenix reopened Saturday and is "completely booked" for appointments, said owner John Hill.

The facility has two rooms, one of which typically serves as a couples' room. For the time being, Hill said there will be no couples’ massages and only one therapist will be working at a time.

The studio is requiring its employees and clients to wear face masks during the massage and employees regularly wash their hands and sanitize surfaces, he said.

"We are just looking forward to this new normal and providing the human touch that people are craving right now," he said. "I can’t imagine, some people live in 600-square-foot apartments and can't go out to work and are trapped, or so they feel, so this is one way we can help people."

— BrieAnna J. Frank

2:30 p.m. In Old Town Scottsdale, space between parties at restaurants

The sidewalks of Old Town Scottsdale remained relatively empty save for the occasional pedestrian. However, some are of the area’s restaurants were jam-packed with people — many of whom didn’t wear face masks.

RnR Gastropub — a bar by Scottsdale Road and Second Street, had crowds of diners on its front patio. The Montauk, an American restaurant by Scottsdale Road and Stetson Drive, also enjoyed a decent crowd but parties remained fairly spaced away from others.

The patio at The Breakfast Club, a popular brunch spot across the street from the Montauk, was left closed and spaced its handful of customers apart throughout the store.

— Perry Vandell

2 p.m. Most of Scottsdale’s Fashion Square Mall remains closed

Shoppers at Scottsdale’s Fashion Square Mall wandered the complex searching for the few stores that had reopened. Some unmasked shoppers were turned away at Shoe Palace, which required customers put on masks before entering.

While most of the mall’s stores remained closed, luxury stores like Louis Vuitton and Gucci had lines out the door since both limited how many customers could shop inside.

Several families dined on burgers and pizza while seated at tables spaced roughly 6 feet apart at the food court. Masked mall employees periodically wiped down tables and furniture.

Signs were placed throughout the mall with messages like "Welcome back" and "We can do this together" in bold lettering. At least one sign recommended shoppers wear face masks and to avoid busy stores.

— Perry Vandell

1:30 p.m. Visitors to Salt River Tubing enjoy being outside for the first time in a while

Peter Hill has worked with Salt River Tubing for nearly 20 years is now the lead team supervisor. He said though there are changes to this season’s experience, the company’s mission of providing a safe and fun environment remains the same.

The implementation of masks was a “common sense” protocol and that tubers actually appeared to enjoy them; Hill said he saw many groups posing for pictures together in their free, cowboy-inspired PPE.

“They’re taking it and running with it, having a lot of fun with it,” he said.

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After Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey ended his stay-at-home order for COVID-19 on May 15, 2020, tubers flocked to the Salt River in Mesa to enjoy the water on May 16.
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Hill said the Salt River experience is a great one to have, especially after being holed up indoors for more than two months.

“It’s really a sense of freedom and expansiveness,” he said. “I think it gives people a much greater appreciation of the fact that their national parks, their recreational areas aren’t something to take for granted.”

Sidney Jasper, 26, drove up from Tucson on Friday to go tubing down the river with her friend who’s visiting Arizona from Ohio.

Jasper said she’s been largely remaining indoors during the pandemic and looked forward to spending time outdoors in the warm weather.

“(We’re) doing something that we can’t normally do in Ohio and doing a new experience we haven’t done before,” he said.

It was her first time coming to the Salt River, and she said she wasn’t surprised by the large number of people who had the same idea. She and her friend both wore the red bandanas, with Jasper saying she didn’t mind the requirement.

“I think it’s a good idea – it’s an easy precaution to take,” she said.

— BrieAnna J. Frank

12:30 p.m.: Not all Mill Avenue restaurants reopen

Mill Avenue saw a relatively quiet Saturday morning, the day after Gov. Doug Ducey’s stay-at-home order was lifted. While some restaurants and stores displayed signs indicating they were closed indefinitely, several bars advertised their reopening with open doors and chalkboard signs welcoming patrons.

CASA, which generated public ire after people could be seen crowding the bar on May 11, had a handful of customers around 11 a.m. Other open bars and restaurants included Varsity Tavern, Rula Bula, Boxty House Restaurant and Mr. Mesquite Taqueria.

About 10 people could be seen eating on the outdoor patio of Daily Jam, a popular breakfast spot on Mill Avenue and Third Street. Normal plates and bowls were replaced with plastic takeout containers.

At least couple closed stores posted signs advertising their reopening date. A Starbucks on Mill Ave and Fifth Street had a sign posted saying customers could order inside starting May 21. Mellow Mushroom, a pizza chain, said it would only take delivery and takeout orders for the time being, despite Ducey allowing dine-in services to resume.

— Perry Vandell

Noon: Salt River Tubing returns

It was a unique opening day of Salt River Tubing’s 40th season, which was originally supposed to be on April 25 but was pushed back because of the pandemic.

Hundreds of people wearing bikinis, swim trunks, sunglasses and, for the first time, mandatory face coverings swarmed the area on Saturday morning.

The 100-person staff, as well as 10 security personnel and 10 Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office deputies constantly reminded customers to stay with their own party and maintain physical distance from other groups.

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Tubers float down the Salt River during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mesa, Arizona, on May 16, 2020. Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey lifted his stay-at-home order Friday, May 15, and the day after Salt River Tubing reopened with some guidelines in place to promote safety during the pandemic. Thomas Hawthorne/The Republic

People wait to take buses to the Salt River at Salt River Tubing to tube on the first day of the river recreationally opening during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mesa, Arizona, on May 16, 2020. Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey lifted his stay-at-home order on Friday, May 15, and the day after Salt River Tubing reopened with some guidelines in place to promote safety during the pandemic. Thomas Hawthorne/The Republic

Tubers get ready to float down the Salt River during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mesa, Arizona, on May 16, 2020. Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey lifted his stay-at-home order Friday, May 15, and the day after Salt River Tubing reopened with some guidelines in place to promote safety during the pandemic. Thomas Hawthorne/The Republic

People wait to take buses to the Salt River at Salt River Tubing to tube on the first day of the river recreationally opening during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mesa, Arizona, on May 16, 2020. Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey lifted his stay-at-home order Friday, May 15, and the day after Salt River Tubing reopened with some guidelines in place to promote safety during the pandemic. Thomas Hawthorne/The Republic

Tubers prepare to float down the Salt River during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mesa, Arizona, on May 16, 2020. Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey lifted his stay-at-home order Friday, May 15, and the day after Salt River Tubing reopened with some guidelines in place to promote safety during the pandemic. Thomas Hawthorne/The Republic

Tubers float down the Salt River during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mesa, Arizona, on May 16, 2020. Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey lifted his stay-at-home order Friday, May 15, and the day after Salt River Tubing reopened with some guidelines in place to promote safety during the pandemic. Thomas Hawthorne/The Republic

Tubers float down the Salt River during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mesa, Arizona, on May 16, 2020. Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey lifted his stay-at-home order Friday, May 15, and the day after Salt River Tubing reopened with some guidelines in place to promote safety during the pandemic. Thomas Hawthorne/The Republic

People wait to take buses to the Salt River at Salt River Tubing to tube on the first day of the river recreationally opening during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mesa, Arizona, on May 16, 2020. Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey lifted his stay-at-home order Friday, May 15, and the day after Salt River Tubing reopened with some guidelines in place to promote safety during the pandemic. Thomas Hawthorne/The Republic

People wait to take buses to the Salt River at Salt River Tubing to tube on the first day of the river recreationally opening during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mesa, Arizona, on May 16, 2020. Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey lifted his stay-at-home order Friday, May 15, and the day after Salt River Tubing reopened with some guidelines in place to promote safety during the pandemic. Thomas Hawthorne/The Republic

People wait to take buses to the Salt River at Salt River Tubing to tube on the first day of the river recreationally opening during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mesa, Arizona, on May 16, 2020. Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey lifted his stay-at-home order Friday, May 15, and the day after Salt River Tubing reopened with some guidelines in place to promote safety during the pandemic. Thomas Hawthorne/The Republic

People wait to take buses to the Salt River at Salt River Tubing to tube on the first day of the river recreationally opening during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mesa, Arizona, on May 16, 2020. Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey lifted his stay-at-home order Friday, May 15, and the day after Salt River Tubing reopened with some guidelines in place to promote safety during the pandemic. Thomas Hawthorne/The Republic

Tubers prepare to float down the Salt River during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mesa, Arizona, on May 16, 2020. Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey lifted his stay-at-home order Friday, May 15, and the day after Salt River Tubing reopened with some guidelines in place to promote safety during the pandemic. Thomas Hawthorne/The Republic

People wait to take buses to the Salt River at Salt River Tubing to tube on the first day of the river recreationally opening during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mesa, Arizona, on May 16, 2020. Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey lifted his stay-at-home order Friday, May 15, and the day after Salt River Tubing reopened with some guidelines in place to promote safety during the pandemic. Thomas Hawthorne/The Republic

Tubers get ready to float down the Salt River during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mesa, Arizona, on May 16, 2020. Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey lifted his stay-at-home order Friday, May 15, and the day after Salt River Tubing reopened with some guidelines in place to promote safety during the pandemic. Thomas Hawthorne/The Republic

Tubers float down the Salt River during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mesa, Arizona, on May 16, 2020. Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey lifted his stay-at-home order Friday, May 15, and the day after Salt River Tubing reopened with some guidelines in place to promote safety during the pandemic. Thomas Hawthorne/The Republic

Tubers float down the Salt River during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mesa, Arizona, on May 16, 2020. Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey lifted his stay-at-home order Friday, May 15, and the day after Salt River Tubing reopened with some guidelines in place to promote safety during the pandemic. Thomas Hawthorne/The Republic

Tubers float down the Salt River during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mesa, Arizona, on May 16, 2020. Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey lifted his stay-at-home order Friday, May 15, and the day after Salt River Tubing reopened with some guidelines in place to promote safety during the pandemic. Thomas Hawthorne/The Republic

Tubers float down the Salt River during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mesa, Arizona, on May 16, 2020. Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey lifted his stay-at-home order Friday, May 15, and the day after Salt River Tubing reopened with some guidelines in place to promote safety during the pandemic. Thomas Hawthorne/The Republic

Tubers float down the Salt River during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mesa, Arizona, on May 16, 2020. Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey lifted his stay-at-home order Friday, May 15, and the day after Salt River Tubing reopened with some guidelines in place to promote safety during the pandemic. Thomas Hawthorne/The Republic

Tubers float down the Salt River during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mesa, Arizona, on May 16, 2020. Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey lifted his stay-at-home order Friday, May 15, and the day after Salt River Tubing reopened with some guidelines in place to promote safety during the pandemic. Thomas Hawthorne/The Republic

Tubers float down the Salt River during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mesa, Arizona, on May 16, 2020. Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey lifted his stay-at-home order Friday, May 15, and the day after Salt River Tubing reopened with some guidelines in place to promote safety during the pandemic. Thomas Hawthorne/The Republic

Tubers float down the Salt River during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mesa, Arizona, on May 16, 2020. Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey lifted his stay-at-home order Friday, May 15, and the day after Salt River Tubing reopened with some guidelines in place to promote safety during the pandemic. Thomas Hawthorne/The Republic

Tubers float down the Salt River during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mesa, Arizona, on May 16, 2020. Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey lifted his stay-at-home order Friday, May 15, and the day after Salt River Tubing reopened with some guidelines in place to promote safety during the pandemic. Thomas Hawthorne/The Republic

Tubers float down the Salt River during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mesa, Arizona, on May 16, 2020. Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey lifted his stay-at-home order Friday, May 15, and the day after Salt River Tubing reopened with some guidelines in place to promote safety during the pandemic. Thomas Hawthorne/The Republic

Staffers handed out red bandannas in the parking lot. Salt River Tubing Vice President Lynda Breault said a face covering was required in order to rent or return a tube or ride the bus to or from the lake.

Breault said crowd size was comparable to opening days in previous years and that no one as of 11:30 a.m. Saturday had refused to comply with the coronavirus-induced requirements.

The busses, which typically carry 30 people with their tubes, were only taking 15 people at a time on Saturday to ensure physical distance, which Breault said did mean slightly longer wait times for customers.

Once on the bus, riders were told twice by staffers about the importance of social distancing even while on the river.

“We don’t want anyone to take something away with them that they shouldn’t,” she said.

It was up to individuals to determine whether they wanted to wear the face covering while tubing, Breault said.

She hopes, though, that everyone does their best to protect themselves and others as they enjoy what she called “the most beautiful recreational paradise” in the state.

“Arizona, all the eyes are on you right now,” she said. “You want to be better than what they’re doing at the beaches in California or Florida. We want to show the public that Arizona knows how to do it right – we can recreate responsibly.”

Though there are restrictions in place that weren’t there in years past, Breault said she doesn’t want anyone to miss out on the experience of tubing down the river.

“Come on out, have fun – it’s just a little different, and it’s not going to be forever,” she said.

— BrieAnna J. Frank

10:30 a.m.: Graduation at Phoenix Raceway

Seniors at Buckeye Union High School graduated in style on Saturday, crossing the finish line in their respective vehicles at Phoenix Raceway in Avondale.

Seniors drove three-wide around the track before ultimately crossing the finish line as a ceremonious end to their high-school careers.

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10 a.m.: Roosevelt Row is calm

Just after 10, Roosevelt Row in downtown Phoenix is quiet, with a few people enjoying morning coffee outside of Jobot Coffee underneath the Roosevelt Point apartment complex. Matt’s Big Breakfast, at first glance, appears to still only be open for takeout. A few people trickled in and out to pick up their takeout orders before leaving. Others were out taking their dogs for a walk, or on a morning run.

The weekly farmer's market on Central and McKinley was busy, with nearby parking lots filled with cars. Though some were wearing masks, it appears most at that time opted not to. The market has remained open through the pandemic, with changes to the layout and social distancing measures in place.

8 a.m.: How quickly will Arizonans return to social activities?

The results, like many polls, show splits in comfort levels between Democrats and Republicans, men and woman and people of different ethnicity, education levels, income and age.

Among Arizonans polled, 20% said they were ready to immediately return to restaurants, while 35% were ready to return soon. Another 29% said they wouldn't be comfortable for months or longer; 16% were unsure.

"It's safe to say that people are being cautious," said Alison Cook-Davis, Morrison Institute’s associate director for research. "These perceptions are going to change based on the response on the ground."

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Melissa McLeroy, facility operation supervisor, cleans equipment at Life Time Athletic Friday, May 8, 2020, in Oklahoma City, as the facility reopens to the public for the first time since temporarily closing due to coronavirus concerns. Sue Ogrocki, AP

Kween Rave, a registered nurse, joined several hundred other protesters calling on Gov. Gavin Newsom to ease stay-at-home orders caused by the coronavirus at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, May 7, 2020. Rich Pedroncelli, AP

Health workers in full protection gear stand in front of a nursing home during its evacuation after residents tested positive for the new coronavirus in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, May 7, 2020. Natacha Pisarenko, AP

A Kashmiri Muslim child prays after Quranic lessons inside Jammu Kashmir Al Fallah Yateem Trust, an orphanage during the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Thursday, May 7, 2020. The religious clerics and authorities in Indian portion of Kashmir have urged people to pray inside their homes to prevent spread of coronavirus in the region. Muslims across the world are observing the holy fasting month of Ramadan, where they refrain from eating, drinking and smoking from dawn to dusk. Dar Yasin, AP

A woman peers through the gates of a public hospital treating both COVID-19 and other patients, as she tries to get information about a hospitalized loved one, in the Iztapalapa district of Mexico City, Tuesday, May 5, 2020. Iztapalapa has the most confirmed cases of the new coronavirus within Mexico's densely populated capital, itself one of the hardest hit areas of the country with thousands of confirmed cases and around 500 deaths. Rebecca Blackwell, AP

Isabel Cordero, right, and her relatives cry outside the General Hospital after receiving news that her husband Jose Luis Rojas died of respiratory distress, in Ecatepec, Mexico City, Saturday, May 2, 2020. The Ecatepec General Hospital is one of the hospitals designated by authorities to treat cases of new coronavirus. Marco Ugarte, AP

People sit on the beach Sunday, April 26, 2020, in Huntington Beach, Calif. A lingering heat wave lured people to California beaches, rivers and trails again Sunday, prompting warnings from officials that defiance of stay-at-home orders could reverse progress and bring the coronavirus surging back. Marcio Jose Sanchez, AP

A resident untangles a Canadian flag in order to tape it back up to a window on a balcony at Laurier Manor, a long-term care facility experiencing an outbreak of COVID-19, Sunday, April 26, 2020, in Ottawa, Ontario. Justin Tang, AP

A protester holds a sign that reads "Let Us Fish" on a boat on Lake Union near Gas Works Park in Seattle, Sunday, April 26, 2020, during a protest against Washington state's current ban on fishing due to stay-at-home orders implemented to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Ted S. Warren, AP

A man wears a mask to protect against the spread of the coronavirus walk in a street close to the Eiffel Tower in Paris, Sunday, April 26, 2020. France continues to be under an extended stay-at-home order until May 11 in an attempt to slow the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Michel Euler, AP

Two people walk with social distancing on a country lane in the middle of rapeseed fields with bright-yellow flowers during the state of emergency, a semi-lockdown, due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Daillens, Switzerland, Sunday, April 26, 2020. Countries around the world are taking increased measures to stem the widespread of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus which causes the Covid-19 disease. Laurent Gillieron, AP

Vanessa Salais, right, of West Liberty, Iowa, serves chicken dinners during a fundraiser for the Omar Martinez family, Saturday, April 25, 2020, in West Liberty, Iowa. Martinez's family had been living the American dream after immigrating from Mexico in the 1990s and settling in this small town in eastern Iowa, but their lives fell apart after coronavirus infections spread from his mother to his sister and his father. Charlie Neibergall, AP

A brigade of health professionals, who volunteered to travel to South Africa to assist local authorities with an upsurge of coronavirus cases, attend the farewell ceremony in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, April 25, 2020. Ramon Espinosa, AP

Artisan Jose Hernandez poses for photos while staying at home as a precaution against the spread of the new coronavirus in the El Chajon neighborhood in Antigua, Guatemala, Saturday, April 25, 2020. Moises Castillo, AP

A Walgreens employee talks with a person in line for COVID-19 testing in Dallas, Saturday April 25, 2020. The location began testing for the new coronavirus on Friday with a drive-through process and is provided to eligible individuals at no cost. Persons wanting to be tested are asked to go online to their website to determine their eligibility. The nasal swab test is self administered with directions from a store pharmacist. Tony Gutierrez, AP

Dozens of vehicles filled with protesters honked horns and circled the Governor's Mansion in Jackson, Miss., for over an hour, Saturday afternoon, April 25, 2020, as their occupants expressed dissatisfaction at the gradual relaxation of the social and business social distancing restrictions established by the governor. The restrictions have been credited by Reeves for limiting the spread of COVID-19 in the state. However the protestors, some of who are small business owners are asking the governor to fully reopen the state. Rogelio V. Solis, AP

Indian Muslims queue up to buy milk during a three hour relaxation of restrictions to buy essential items during the holy month of Ramadan at the old quarters of New Delhi, India, Saturday, April 25, 2020. A tentative easing around the world of coronavirus lockdowns gathered pace Saturday with the reopening in India of neighborhood stores that many of the country's 1.3 billion people rely on for everything from cold drinks to mobile phone data cards. Manish Swarup, AP

People sit in the afternoon sun at Brighton Beach in the Brooklyn borough of New York, on Saturday, April 25, 2020. With the weather warming up, more people wearing personal protective equipment are venturing out to the parks and streets, though most are still respecting the social distancing guidelines. Wong Maye-E, AP

Police officers detain a person with bandages around the face, during an illegal demonstration against restrictions and measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus in Berlin, Germany, Saturday, April 25, 2020. The poster reads, "Intimidated disenfranchised remote controlled from thinker to a data donor." Markus Schreiber, AP

Angel Landaverde, 4, is restrained by his aunt Vilma Landaverde, center left, and medical workers as a swab is placed in his nose during a coronavirus testing at a walk-up testing cite, in Annapolis, Md. Julio Cortez, AP

Cinde MacGugan-Cassidy owner of Chet's Hardware organizes shelve on Catalina Island in Avalon, Calif, In the weeks that the city's normally bustling Two Harbors port has been closed due to the COVID-19 outbreak, Mayor Ann Marshall estimates the harbor alone has lost nearly $2 million in business. Chris Carlson, AP

A municipal worker disinfects an area by sanitization in the hotspot during lockdown to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus in Prayagraj, India, Saturday, April 25, 2020. After getting to a coronavirus patient, the area has been sealed and is being checked by officers. Rajesh Kumar Singh, AP

A resident carries one her dogs so that member of the municipality of Quito can give it a check-up, at a house in Quito, Ecuador, Wednesday, April 22, 2020. The animal welfare group, known as Animal Urbano which is part of the municipality, is running a campaign in the poorer neighborhoods of Quito to help stray or vulnerable animals, as well as pets abandoned by their owners inside their homes during the new coronavirus pandemic. Dolores Ochoa, AP

People go surfing off Katase Kaigan beach in Fujisawa, near Tokyo, Tuesday, April 21, 2020. Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expanded a state of emergency to all of Japan from just Tokyo and other urban areas as the virus continues to spread. Koji Sasahara, AP

Dr. Beth Toolan discards protective gloves after conducting a coronavirus test at the state's first walk-up testing site which opened Tuesday, April 21, 2020, in Providence, R.I. The site in the parking lot of the Robert L. Bailey IV Elementary School in Providence is an effort to bring testing to underserved communities, authorities say. The tests are by appointment only with a referral from a health care professional. David Goldman, AP

A worker in protective overalls take the temperature of a traveler from Wuhan before directing her to her district in Beijing on Sunday, April 19, 2020. Wuhan, the city at the center of the global coronavirus epidemic, lifted a 76-day lockdown early April and allowed people to leave for destinations across China. Ng Han Guan, AP

A man looks on during the Utah Business Revival rally, calling for Utah's economy to be reopened, in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 18, 2020. Utah Gov. Gary Herbert said Friday the state is aiming to reopen restaurants and gyms and resume elective surgeries in early May under a plan to gradually reopen the economy that has been decimated by the coronavirus pandemic. Rick Bowmer, AP

Several hundred people attend a "Stand for Freedom" rally at the Capitol, protesting â€”Â and in violation of â€” Idaho Gov. Brad Little's stand-home order during the coronavirus pandemic in Boise, Idaho, Friday, April 17, 2020. Katherine Jones, AP

A picker, wearing a protective face mask to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, hauls bags of carrots in Patzicia, in the western highlands of Guatemala, Friday, April 17, 2020. Moises Castillo, AP

A woman wearing a face mask cries during her granddaughter Lucia's 12th birthday celebration while her parents are working, at her home during the lockdown to combat the spread of coronavirus in Grinon, Spain, Friday, April 17, 2020. Spain has eased this week the conditions of Europe's strictest lockdown, allowing manufacturing, construction and other nonessential activity in an attempt to cushion the economic impact of the pandemic. Manu Fernandez, AP

In this April 14, 2020, photograph provided by Deaconess Women's Hospital, in Evansville, Ind., an infant recently delivered at the hospital and identified only as "Baby Brooklyn" by hospital officials, wears a plastic face shield as a protection against COVID-19. The scaled-down face shields are being produced by Evansville-based plastic packaging manufacturer Berry Global to protect infants from the coronavirus. As of Wednesday, April 15, 2020, the hospital said it had begun using about 10 of the shields on infants. Lindsey Johnson, AP

Dr. Natalia Echeverri, right, talks with Karen Karoline Rosales, who is homeless, about testing for COVID-19, during the new coronavirus pandemic, Friday, April 17, 2020, in Miami. Community organizations are working to call attention to the potential public health crisis facing the homeless due to the virus outbreak. Lynne Sladky, AP

A man wearing a Spiderman costume holds a poster during a campaign to create awareness about coronavirus outbreak in Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, Friday, April 17, 2020. Masyudi S. Firmansyah, AP

People shop in a covered market in downtown Rome Friday, April 17, 2020. Covered markets were among the activities that were allowed to continue working open during the coronavirus outbreak in Italy. Cecilia Fabiano, AP

Children play carom by the side of a road during a lockdown in Mumbai, India, Friday, April 17, 2020. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday extended the world's largest coronavirus lockdown to head off the epidemic's peak, with officials racing to make up for lost time. Rafiq Maqbool, AP

In this Thursday, April 16, 2020 photo, David Anderson, left, Executive Director for Quality, Infection Prevention and Control at the charity UK-Med trains medical staff on how to put on and remove PPE, personal protective equipment, to avoid being infected or transmitting coronavirus, at the Nightingale Hospital North West set up in the Manchester Central Convention Complex in Manchester, northern England. The complex has been converted into a hospital to provide care for an increased number of patients requiring treatment during the coronavirus pandemic. Jon Super, AP

In the Wednesday, April 15, 2020, photo a man fills buckets with water provided by Team Brownsville, Angry Tias and Abuelas of the RGV and Resource Center Matamoros for hygienic and household use during the coronavirus pandemic at the migrant encampment outside El Puente Nuevo in Matamoros, Mexico. Denise Cathey, AP

Matias Sinarahua, 7, cries before doctor Leslei Montoro takes draws blood for a new coronavirus fast test, in Lima, Peru, Wednesday, April 15, 2020. Peruvians can call a telephone number to report that they have COVID-19 symptoms and the state organized medical brigades will visit and do rapid tests to confirm or rule out new infections. Rodrigo Abd, AP

Workers make protective suits for essential service personnel during lockdown to control the spread of the new coronavirus at Nala Sopara, Mumbai, India, Tuesday, April 14, 2020. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday extended the world's largest coronavirus lockdown to head off the epidemic's peak, with officials racing to make up for lost time. Rajanish Kakade, AP

Shoes of migrant workers lie collected on a road, left behind after police chased them away during a protest against the extension of the lockdown, at a slum in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, April 14, 2020. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday extended the world's largest coronavirus lockdown to head off the epidemic's peak, with officials racing to make up for lost time. AP

Workers prepare online food orders at Grup Ametller Origen, a Catalan food store company how has increased its online production by 1500 percent since the confinement began due to Coviv19, in Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, April 14, 2020. Face mask distribution in train and bus stations continue as factory and construction workers resume their activities in roughly half of Spanish regions emerging from the Easter holiday period. Emilio Morenatti, AP

Two women take pictures of the pelicans in a deserted St James's Park, due to the Coronavirus outbreak, in London, Tuesday, April 14, 2020. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. Alberto Pezzali, AP

A man in protective gear prepares to sanitize a children's clothes shop to prevent the spread of Covid-19 before it opens, in Rome, Tuesday, April 14, 2020. In Italy, bookstores, stationary stores and shops selling baby clothes and supplies were allowed to open nationwide on Tuesday, provided they could maintain the same social-distancing and sanitary measures required in supermarkets. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. Andrew Medichini, AP

A woman lowers her mask briefly for a selfie in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province on Monday, April 13, 2020. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness. Ng Han Guan, AP

A patient on oxygen is wheeled out to an ambulance by medical workers wearing personal protective equipment due to COVID-19 concerns outside NYU Langone Medical Center, Monday, April 13, 2020, in New York. John Minchillo, AP

Lone Start Cowboy Church Lead Pastor Randy Weaver conducts a livestream Easter service Sunday, April 12, 2020, in Montgomery, Texas. The service was held in the church's empty dirt arena where normally thousands would have attended but could not due to social distancing guidelines during the coronavirus outbreak. David J. Phillip, AP

Rt. Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, at left, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, and Very Rev. Randolph Marshall Hollerith, Dean of Washington National Cathedral, right, await their signal to begin a livestreamed Easter Sunday service at the National Cathedral with no parishioners, Sunday, April 12, 2020, in Washington, in light of coronavirus pandemic precautions. The large Cathedral would normally be full on Easter Sunday. Jacquelyn Martin, AP

A priest hands willow branches, an Orthodox Palm Sunday tradition, to a boy in Bucharest, Romania, Sunday, April 12, 2020. Priests accompanied by volunteers delivered the traditional willow branches to residents as people observed the interdiction to join religious celebrations in the week leading to the Orthodox Easter, imposed across Romania as authorities try to limit the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus infections. Vadim Ghirda, AP

A resident wearing mask and suit against the coronavirus cycles in Wuhan. in central China's Hubei province on Sunday, April 12, 2020. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness. Ng Han Guan, AP

Monica Carfora, right, deputy head of the emergency of the Santo Spirito Hospital, which now has a separate emergency for possible covid patients, holds a chocolate Easter egg as she poses for a photograph with nurse Silvia Sforza, holding out their arms to indicating social distancing, outside the entrance to for covid emergency, in central Rome, Sunday, April, 12, 2020. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. Alessandra Tarantino, AP

La Scala Philharmonic Orchestra violinist Damiano Cottolasso performs from his balcony in Milan, Italy, Sunday, April 12, 2020. Musicians from the La Scala Philharmonic Orchestra on Saturday collaborated on a video performance of Pachelbelâ€™s Canon to honor medical professionals fighting the coronavirus and released on social media ahead of a call for people to play instruments or the recording from their windows and balconies on Easter Sunday. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. Claudio Furlan, AP

A man pushing a shopping cart asks a woman kneeling in prayer to get out of the way because she is obstructing people trying to get into a supermarket, in Lima, Peru, Saturday, April 11, 2020. The woman was praising God for cleansing the earth of heathens using the new coronavirus. Rodrigo Abd, AP

Pope Francis presides over a solemn Easter vigil ceremony in St. Peter's Basilica empty of the faithful following Italyâ€™s ban on gatherings to contain coronavirus contagion, at the Vatican, Saturday, April 11, 2020. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. Remo Casilli, AP

A woman takes a picture as the Ferris wheel on Santa Monica pier sits in the background on Santa Monica State Beach, Friday, April 10, 2020, in Santa Monica, Calif. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. Mark J. Terrill, AP

Pope Francis holds up the holy host as he presides over a solemn Easter vigil ceremony in St. Peter's Basilica empty of the faithful following Italyâ€™s ban on gatherings to contain coronavirus contagion, at the Vatican, Saturday, April 11, 2020. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. Remo Casilli, AP

The Empire State building and the Manhattan skyline are seen behind the tombstones at Calvary Cemetery, Saturday, April 11, 2020, in the Maspeth neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York. The U.S. has recorded nearly 20,000 deaths from the coronavirus, overtaking Italy for the highest death toll in the world. Nearly half of the deaths in the United States happened in the New York state, but fear is mounting over the spread of the virus into the nation's heartland. Mary Altaffer, AP

A medical staffer tends to a patient in the ICU unit of the Covid 3 hospital in Casalpalocco, near Rome, Saturday, April 11, 2020. Italy has topped 19,000 deaths and 150,000 cases of coronavirus. The milestones were hit Saturday, even as the country continued to see a slight decrease in numbers of people hospitalize and in intensive care. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. Cecilia Fabiano, AP

A State Trooper gives a pedestrian information on how to get tested at a drive thru COVID-19 testing sight Saturday, April 11, 2020, in the Flatbush neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. Mary Altaffer, AP

Paulo Monteiro sprays disinfectant against coronavirus on a cash dispenser, in Lisbon, Saturday, April 11, 2020. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. ( Armando Franca, AP

Police officers on horses check documents as they patrol the street during a nationwide confinement to counter the COVID-19, in the coastal town of Cancale, western France, Saturday, April 11, 2020. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. David Vincent, AP

A man sits with his feet hanging out the window while self isolating during the coronavirus pandemic, Saturday, April 11, 2020, in the Flatbush neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. Mary Altaffer, AP

In this Friday, April 10, 2020, photo, a sign informs visitors that the boardwalk is closed during the coronavirus pandemic at Seaside Heights, N.J. For most people, the coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough that clear up in two to three weeks. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia, or death. Ted Shaffrey, AP

Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral's rector Patrick Chauvet, left, Auxiliary Bishop of Paris Denis Jachiet and Archbishop of Paris Michel Aupetit attend a ceremony to celebrate Good Friday while violinist Renaud Capucon performs, in a secured part of Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral Friday, April 10, 2020, in Paris. Although still damaged and scarred by fire, Notre Dame Cathedral has â€” if only for an instant â€” come back to life as a center for prayer in a Paris locked down against the coronavirus. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. Ludovic Marin, AP

Medical personnel choose amongst flowers donated by local florists in appreciation of the medical community, Friday, April 10, 2020, at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. Michael Dwyer, AP

People wait in their cars Thursday, April 9, 2020, at Traders Village for the San Antonio Food Bank to begin food distribution. The need for emergency food aid has exploded in recent weeks due to the coronavirus epidemic. William Luther, AP

Carlos Carvalho, a worker with the municipal urban hygiene department, sprays disinfectant against new coronavirus on a bus stop in Lisbon, Thursday night, April 9, 2020. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. Armando Franca, AP

A woman holds a sign in the parking lot of Integris Baptist Medical Center during a "Headlights for Hope" event Thursday, April 9, 2020, in Oklahoma City, in a show of support for healthcare workers amid the COVID-19 outbreak. Sue Ogrocki, AP

Priests wait to enter the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a place where Christians believe Jesus Christ was buried, during a lockdown to help stop the spread of the coronavirus, during Holy Thursday in Jerusalem's Old City, Thursday, April 9, 2020. The traditional Holy Thursday procession is taking place inside the church without public attendance this year. Ariel Schalit, AP

Devotees of the "Nazareno de San Pablo" watch a statue of Jesus pass by in a Pope mobile during Holy Week celebrations in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, April 8, 2020. The annual procession, in which pilgrims normally take to the streets, is not allowed this year due to quarantine laws to help contain the spread of the new coronavirus, so the Catholic Church is driving the religious icon around the capital for people to see from their homes. Ariana Cubillos, AP

A man and a woman sit in a public park in Petion-Ville, Haiti, Tuesday, April 7, 2020. To help contain the spread of the new coronavirus, the mayor of Petion-Ville announced public markets will reduce their operation to three days a week, public transportation will limit passengers to eight per mini-bus and Tap-tap vehicle, which very few drivers are enforcing, and passengers are required to wear face masks. Dieu Nalio Chery, AP

Voters masked against coronavirus line up at Riverside High School for Wisconsin's primary election Tuesday April 7, 2020, in Milwaukee. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. ( Morry Gash, AP

U.S. citizens queue to check in and be repatriated aboard an evacuation flight arranged by the U.S. embassy and chartered with Delta Air Lines, at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos, Nigeria Tuesday, April 7, 2020. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. Sunday Alamba, AP

Pauline Brown, wife of WWII veteran Henry Brown is buried in Wood National Cemetery next to her husband who died earlier, as the familly of Pauline Brown, looks on as she is buried Monday, April 6, 2020 in Milwaukee. Due to the COVID-19 epidemic the Committal Service Shelter where funerals are normally held is closed. So the family was escorted to a nearby hillside, away from the equipment and workers and allowed to watch the burial from there. Michael Sears, AP

President Donald Trump departs after speaking about the coronavirus, with Vice President Mike Pence at left, in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Monday, April 6, 2020, in Washington. Alex Brandon, AP

A faithful from a facing balcony follows the celebration of the Palm Sunday mass on the roof of the church of San Pio X, in Rome, Sunday, April 5, 2020. Churches are closed to faithful all over Italy due to the coronavirus outbreak. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. Mauro Scrobogna, AP

A member from a local veterinary service wearing protective suit sprays disinfectant on a platform of the railway station in Ladozhskoye Ozero village outside St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, April 4, 2020. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. Dmitri Lovetsky, AP

In this photograph provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints shows President Russell M. Nelson speaking during The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' twice-annual church conference Saturday, April 4, 2020, in Salt Lake City. The conference kicked off without anyone attending in person and top leaders sitting some 6 feet apart inside an empty room as the faith takes precautions to avoid the spread of the coronavirus. A livestream of the conference showed a few of the faith's top leaders sitting alone inside a small auditorium in Salt Lake City, Normally, top leaders sit side-by-side on stage with the religion's well-known choir behind them and some 20,000 people watching. (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Uncredited, AP

A person wears a mask as he stands in line at Costco Saturday, April 4, 2020, in Salt Lake City. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is now advising Americans to voluntarily wear a basic cloth or fabric face mask to help curb the spread of the new coronavirus. Rick Bowmer, AP

Machinists concentrate as they work to sew scrubs for the NHS at the factory of Fashion Enter in London, as the country is in lockdown to help curb the spread of the coronavirus, Friday, April 3, 2020. The company normally makes fashion garments for Asos, but the shortages within the NHS mean that they have put their fashion orders on hold whilst they make PPE (personal protective equipment) to protect workers against the coronavirus outbreak. Kirsty Wigglesworth, AP

Priest Christian Rauch stands in front of photos with parishioners in the catholic St. Andreas church in Lampertheim, Germany, Saturday, April 4, 2020. Due to the coronavirus no services are held these days. Rauch records the sermon and puts it online for his parishioners. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia. Michael Probst, AP

A health worker closes the door of an ambulance that will take people from an apartment complex to a hospital for quarantine after a contact was found to be COVID-19 positive, in Gauhati, India, Saturday, April 4, 2020. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. Anupam Nath, AP

A man wearing a mask to help protect against the spread against the coronavirus naps on a bench at a park in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province on Friday, April 3, 2020. Chinese leaders are trying to revive the economy, but local officials under orders to prevent new infections are enforcing disease checks and other controls that add to financial losses and aggravation for millions of workers. Ng Han Guan, AP

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis dons a mask to encourage state residents to wear them while in public as a statewide stay-at-home order remains in effect in an effort to reduce the spread of the new coronavirus Friday, April 3, 2020, in Centennial, Colo. David Zalubowski, AP

Newlyweds Alla and Modzi, wearing face masks to protect against coronavirus, celebrate after the wedding ceremony in Vilnius, Lithuania, Friday, April 3, 2020. All public and private events are banned in Lithuania, clubs, bars restaurants and most shops are closed due to the virus outbreak. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. Mindaugas Kulbis, AP

A man wearing a protective mask and gloves leaves a supermarket, Friday, April 3, 2020, in Chelsea, Mass. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. Michael Dwyer, AP

Soldiers walk down a street as they distribute food during a lockdown enacted to help contain the spread of the new coronavirus in Zambiza near Quito, Ecuador, Thursday, April 2, 2020. Dolores Ochoa, AP

A member of a cleaning team wearing a protective mask and suit disinfects a showcase where meat is sold, as a preventive measure against the spread of the new coronavirus, at the Iztapalapa market, in Mexico City, Thursday, April 2, 2020. Mexico has started taking tougher measures against the new coronavirus, but some experts warn the country is acting too late and testing too little to prevent the type of crisis unfolding across the border in the United States. ( Marco Ugarte, AP

A pedestrian, wearing a protective face mask against the spread of the new coronavirus, eyes the camera as she walks past a temporarily closed business in the historic center of Mexico City, Wednesday, April 1, 2020. Mexico's government has broadened its shutdown of "non essential activities," and prohibited gatherings of more than 50 people as a way to help slow down the spread of COVID-19. The one-month emergency measures will be in effect from March 30 to April 30. Marco Ugarte, AP

President Donald Trump listens during a briefing about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Wednesday, April 1, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) Alex Brandon, AP

The marquee for the Iowa Theater, closed in response to the coronavirus outbreak, is seen on John Wayne Drive, Wednesday, April 1, 2020, in Winterset, Iowa. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) Charlie Neibergall, AP

A pedestrian walks past graffiti that reads "Rent Strike" Wednesday, April 1, 2020, in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood. With millions of people suddenly out of work and rent due at the first of the month, some tenants in the U.S. are vowing to go on a rent strike until the new coronavirus pandemic subsides. Some cities have temporarily banned evictions, but advocates for the strike are demanding that rent payments be waived, not delayed, for those in need during the crisis. Ted S. Warren, AP

Cemetery workers wearing protective clothing bury a person at the Vila Formosa cemetery in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Wednesday, April 1, 2020. Vila Formosa cemetery, the largest in Latin America, has had a 30 percent increase in the number of burials after the start of the spread of the new coronavirus, according to the cemetery's administration. Andre Penner, AP

A funeral director and a Wycoff Heights Medical Center, employee transport a body into a hearse, Wednesday, April 1, 2020, in New York. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. Mary Altaffer, AP

Nurses take the temperature of commuters before entering a bus station in Soacha, on the outskirts of Bogota, Colombia, Wednesday, April 1, 2020. Health authorities are checking the temperature of commuters in some of the busiest bus stations as a measure to contain the spread of the new coronavirus. Fernando Vergara, AP

A nurse, dressed in protective gear as a precaution against the spread of the new coronavirus, stands by as she waits to check the temperatures of commuters at a checkpoint outside a bus station in Soacha, on the outskirts of Bogota, Colombia, Wednesday, April 1, 2020. Fernando Vergara, AP

National Health Service staff wait in their cars to take a coronavirus test at a drive through centre in north London, Wednesday, April 1, 2020. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. Frank Augstein, AP

An Israeli man wears a mask as he rides a scooter in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, April 1, 2020. Israel's military has deployed hundreds of troops to assist police in enforcing health regulations meant to stem the spread of the new coronavirus. Soldiers and police are setting up roadblocks and inspecting passing cars, asking motorists for their reasons for leaving the house. Sebastian Scheiner, AP

A patient infected with the Covid-19 virus is admitted in an hospital Wednesday April 1, 2020 in Rennes, western France. France is evacuating 36 patients infected with the coronavirus from the Paris region onboard two medicalized high-speed TGV trains. The patients, all treated in intensive care units (ICU), are being transferred to several hospitals in Britany, as western France is less impacted by the epidemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. David Vincent, AP

A Samaritan's Purse crew and medical personnel work on preparing to open a 68 bed emergency field hospital specially equipped with a respiratory unit in New York's Central Park, Tuesday, March 31, 2020, in New York. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. Mary Altaffer, AP

U.S. Army soldiers from Fort Carson, Col., and Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) work to set up a field hospital inside CenturyLink Field Event Center, Tuesday, March 31, 2020, in Seattle. Soldiers from the 627th Army Hospital at Fort Carson, will join soldiers from JBLM to staff the 250-bed hospital to be used for non-COVID-19 cases, allowing local hospitals additional space for patients affected by the coronavirus outbreak. Officials said that the field hospital is expected to be ready to receive patients next week. Elaine Thompson, AP

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, women wearing protective masks to prevent the new coronavirus outbreak chat with each other outside a Lego store at a re-opened commercial street in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province on Monday, March 30, 2020. Shopkeepers in the city at the center of China's virus outbreak were reopening Monday but customers were scarce after authorities lifted more of the anti-virus controls that kept tens of millions of people at home for two months. Shen Bohan/AP

A reporter leans against the United States flag during a press briefing following the arrival of the USNS Comfort, a naval hospital ship with a 1,000 bed-capacity, Monday, March 30, 2020, at Pier 90 in New York. The ship will be used to treat New Yorkers who don't have coronavirus as land-based hospitals fill up with and treat those who do. Kathy Willens, AP

Pope Francis delivers his blessing from the window of his studio overlooking an empty St. Peter's Square due to restrictions to contain the Covid-19 virus, at the Vatican, Sunday, March 29, 2020. Pope Francis is backing the U.N. chief's call for a cease-fire in all conflicts raging across the globe to help slow the spread of the coronavirus. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. Divisione Produzione Fotografica, AP

Pope Francis arrives to delivers an Urbi et orbi prayer from the empty St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Friday, March 27, 2020. Praying in a desolately empty St. Peter's Square, Pope Francis on Friday likened the coronavirus pandemic to a storm laying bare illusions that people can be self-sufficient and instead finds â€œall of us fragile and disorientedâ€ and needing each other's help and comfort. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. Yara Nardi, AP

Residents look from their apartment windows reacting to the photographer outside, in Mannenburg, Cape Town, South Africa Saturday, March 28, 2020. South Africa went into a nationwide lockdown to restrict public movements for 21 days in an effort to control the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. AP

Indian women workers clean a quarantine center at the Sarusojai sports complex in Gauhati, India, Saturday, March 28, 2020. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. Anupam Nath, AP

A policeman orders a loitering man to get home while patrolling in Mannenburg, Cape Town, South Africa, Saturday, March 28, 2020. South Africa went into a nationwide lockdown to restrict public movements for 21 days in an effort to control the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. AP

A municipal worker sprays disinfectant on the streets of Bucharest, Romania, Friday, March 27, 2020, as authorities try to limit the spread of the new coronavirus. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. Vadim Ghirda, AP

Migrant daily wage laborers crowd a bus as they travel to their respective hometowns following a lockdown amid concern over spread of coronavirus in New Delhi, India, Friday, March 27, 2020. Some of India's legions of poor and others suddenly thrown out of work by a nationwide stay-at-home order began receiving aid on Thursday, as both public and private groups worked to blunt the impact of efforts to curb the coronavirus pandemic. The measures that went into effect Wednesday, the largest of their kind in the world, risk heaping further hardship on the quarter of the population who live below the poverty line and the 1.8 million who are homeless. ( Manish Swarup, AP

People line up to buy supplies from a shop during the coronavirus outbreak in Barcelona, Spain, Friday, March 27, 2020. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. Emilio Morenatti, AP

Civic workers mark positions for maintaining physical distance at market place in Mumbai, India, Friday, March 27, 2020. Some of India's legions of poor and others suddenly thrown out of work by a nationwide stay-at-home order began receiving aid on Thursday, as both public and private groups worked to blunt the impact of efforts to curb the coronavirus pandemic. India's finance ministry announced a 1.7 trillion ($22 billion) economic stimulus package that will include delivering grains and lentil rations for three months to 800 million people, some 60% of the world's second-most populous country. Rajanish Kakade, AP

Health workers react as people applaud from their houses in support of the medical staff that are working on the COVID-19 virus outbreak at the main gate of the Hospital Clinic in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday, March 26, 2020. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. Emilio Morenatti, AP

A doctor gathers information from a driver arriving to get tested for COVID-19 at private laboratory Biomedica de Referencia, in the Lomas Virreyes neighborhood in Mexico City, Thursday, March 26, 2020. Rebecca Blackwell, AP

Three ill crew members from the Costa cruise ship Favolosa, seated at left, are screened by medical personnel during the coronavirus outbreak after being brought ashore in a lifeboat to the U. S. Coast Guard Base Miami Beach, Thursday, March 26, 2020, in Miami Beach, Fla. Miami-area hospitals received crew members Thursday from two Costa Cruise ships, the Magica and Favolosa. Carnival Corp., which owns the cruise line, said the ships are empty except for crew members and remain offshore. Lynne Sladky, AP

A couple walk a dog at sunset, Wednesday, March 25, 2020, in Kansas City, Mo. The city, along with neighboring counties, is under Stay at Home orders to help prevent the spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus. Charlie Riedel, AP

A red cross volunteer checks the temperature of a homeless man, in Rome, Wednesday, March 25, 2020. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. Andrew Medichini, AP

The exterior of Dodgers Stadium, home of the Los Angeles Dodgers is seen Wednesday, March 25, 2020, in Los Angeles. There will be empty ballparks on what was supposed to be Major League Baseball's opening day, with the start of the Major League Baseball regular season indefinitely on hold because of the coronavirus pandemic. Marcio Jose Sanchez, AP

Elderly hosts of the retirement home Giovanni XIII affected by coronavirus, are being evacuated to hospital, in Rome, Wednesday, March 25, 2020. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. Mauro Scrobogna, AP

Residents arrive to a public bus station despite a government order to stay home to help contain the spread of the new coronavirus, in Soacha, on the outskirts of Bogota, Colombia, Wednesday, March 25, 2020. Fernando Vergara, AP

Vendors wearing protective face masks wait for shoppers at the popular San Juan food market in Mexico City, Wednesday, March 25, 2020. Mexico's capital has shut down museums, bars, gyms, churches, theaters, and other non-essential businesses that gather large numbers of people, in an attempt to slow the spread of the new coronavirus. Fernando Llano, AP

Image from video taken on March 10, 2020 of Britain's Prince Charles sat opposite Prince Albert of Monaco at the WaterAid charity's Water and Climate event in London. Clarence House office reported on Wednesday, March 25, 2020 that 71-year-old Prince Charles is showing mild symptoms of COVID-19 and is self-isolating at a royal estate in Scotland. It says his wife Camilla has tested negative. For some people the COVID-19 coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms, but for others it causes severe illness. PA Video, AP

Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, wearing a protective suit enters a hall during his visit to the hospital for coronavirus patients in Kommunarka settlement, outside Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. For some people the COVID-19 coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms, but for some it can cause severe illness including pneumonia. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Alexei Druzhinin, AP

People line up to be tested for COVID-19 on Monday, March 23, 2020, in Hayward, Calif. According to the city of Hayward, the free coronavirus testing center was launched "so sick people, first responders, and healthcare workers with recent suspected exposures to the novel coronavirus can be tested for infection." The test is free to the public, no matter where they live or immigration status. The center will have 350 kits daily, and is a partnership between the Hayward Fire Department and Avellino Lab USA, Inc., a Menlo Park gene therapy and molecular diagnostics firm that specializes in eye care medication. Ben Margot, AP

A railways official checks temperature of a railway worker in Prayagraj, India, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday announced a total lockdown of the country of 1.3 billion people to contain the new coronavirus outbreak. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness. Rajesh Kumar Singh, AP

People exercise at a parkland public gym, after Prime Minister Boris Johnson put the UK in lockdown to help curb the spread of the coronavirus, on Clapham Common in London, Tuesday March 24, 2020. For some people the COVID-19 coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms, but for others it causes severe illness. Jonathan Brady, AP

Wearing a protective suit, a research and development company worker oversees the production of coronavirus testing kits in Gebze, northwestern Turkey, Monday, March 23, 2020. RTA laboratories are now producing 500,000 kits per week for export and their tests are being used in 11 countries across Europe, Middle East and Asia. The test takes up to three hours to return results that have "a sensitivity precision of 99.5%," according to the lab's director. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever or coughing. But for some older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia. Emrah Gurel, AP

Passengers stand in line to check-in for a Lufthansa flight to Frankfurt at Ezeiza International Airport in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Monday, March 23, 2020. The German Foreign Ministry organized a flight to evacuate hundreds of travelers stranded in Argentina, as part of a worldwide effort to get people home during the new coronavirus outbreak. A few other European Union citizens were on the flight as well. Victor R. Caivano, AP

Dressed as Superman, Dylan Hollingsworth looks out over the sparsely populated Venice Beach Boardwalk, due to the coronavirus Monday, March 23, 2020, in Los Angeles. Venice Beach Boardwalk was officially closed Monday after widespread ignoring of social distancing over the weekend. Chris Pizzello, AP

Food for the taking and an invitation to leave food is in front of a south Minneapolis home Monday, March 23, 2020 as Minnesotans care for others during the effort to slow down the coronavirus in the state. Jim Mone, AP

Priest Philippe Rochas of the St. Vincent de Paul church puts on his robes before the start of a livestream of Sunday Mass for worshippers at home in Marseille, southern France, Sunday, March 22, 2020. As mass gatherings are forbidden due to measures to prevent the spread of COVID- 19, priests are using technology to reach worshippers forced to stay at home. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. Daniel Cole, AP

A masked newspaper seller waits to make a sale in the virtually empty Rosebank Mall in Johannesburg, Sunday, March 22, 2020. There is a noticeable drop in crowds of shoppers at malls due the spread of the coronavirus. For most people the virus causes only mild or moderate symptoms . For others it can cause more severe illness, especially in older adults and people with existing health problems. Denis Farrell, AP

People shop in a mostly closed market in Jerusalem, Sunday, March 22, 2020. Police officers ordered owners to shut down their shops at the food market in order to reduce the spread of the coronavirus. The Hebrew writing says, "Only in Happiness." Ariel Schalit, AP

Vice President Mike Pence walks to the podium as President Donald Trump looks on during a coronavirus task force briefing at the White House on Saturday, March 21, 2020, in Washington. Patrick Semansky/Associated Press

A fruit and vegetable stall holder wears a mask and gloves amid the COVID-19 virus outbreak in Portobello Road market in London on Saturday, March 21, 2020. For most people, the new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia. Kirsty Wigglesworth/Associated Press

A French police officer checks passengers preparing to embark at Montparnasse train station in Paris on Saturday, March 21, 2020. French President Emmanuel Macron urged employees to keep working in supermarkets, production sites and other businesses that need to keep running amid stringent restrictions of movement due to the rapid spreading of the new coronavirus in the country. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness. Francois Mori/Associated Press

A private security guard checks the body temperature of a motorist as a precautionary measure against COVID-19 before letting him inside a residential complex in Greater Noida, a suburb of New Delhi, India, Saturday, March 21, 2020. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness. Altaf Qadri/Associated Press

A pedestrian wearing a protective face mask due to COVID-19 concerns walks by a shuttered movie theater off Times Square on Saturday, March 21, 2020, in New York. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced sweeping orders Friday that will severely restrict gatherings of any size for the state's more than 19 million residents and will require workers in nonessential businesses to stay home. John Minchillo/Associated Press

A view of Portobello Road market in London, Saturday, March 21, 2020, relatively quiet due to the outbreak of the coronavirus. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia. Kirsty Wigglesworth/Associated Press

Laboratory technicians Emmanuelle Zelmat, left, and Trecy Da Mota prepare samples for coronavirus analysis in a French medical biology laboratory, in Lisses, south of Paris, Saturday, March 21, 2020. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness. Francois Mori/Associated Press

A police officer waves traffic past the entrance to a drive-through COVID-19 testing center after it reached capacity in Paramus, New Jersey, Friday, March 20, 2020. The coronavirus testing center opened Friday in Bergen County which has been the state's hardest-hit area. Gov. Phil Murphy said only those with symptoms should get in line, and not those whom he called the "worried well," people who are feeling well but are concerned they could be infected. The facility will have the capacity to conduct 2,500 tests a week, according to the governor. Seth Wenig/Associated Press

Equipment is driven past FedEx Field as the National Guard sets up tents to be used for coronavirus testing, Saturday, March 21, 2020, in a parking lot at the NFL football stadium in Landover, Maryland, outside of Washington. Jacquelyn Martin/Associated Press

Extremely light traffic moves along the 110 Harbor Freeway toward downtown mid afternoon in Los Angeles. In reaction to the coronavirus, change came to the United States during the third week of March in 2020. It did not come immediately, but it came quite quickly. There was no explosion, no invasion other than a microscopic one that nobody could see. Mark J. Terrill/Associated Press

People on a busy tube train at rush hour despite Prime Minister Boris Johnson's call for people to avoid all non-essential contacts and travel on Tuesday, March 17, 2020, in London. For some people the new COVID-19 coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, but for some it can cause severe illness. Ian Hinchliffe/Associated Press

Children pick up meals from Conte Community School in Pittsfield, Massachusetts on March 16, 2020. The lunches provide a good meal for children while schools are closed due to coronavirus. Ben Garver/The Berkshire Eagle via AP

A caregiver tests a patient for coronavirus at University Hospitals on March 16, 2020, in Mayfield Heights, Ohio. Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals have partnered to provide COVID-19 testing to patients with a doctor's order. Tony Dejak/Associated Press

Lufthansa aircraft are parked on a runway at an airport in Frankfurt, Germany on March 15, 2020. Due to the coronavirus, Lufthansa had to cancel half of its flights. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some, it can cause more severe illness, especially in older adults and people with existing health problems. Michael Probst/Associated Press

A member of the media (left) gets their temperature taken by a member of the White House physician's office, over concerns about the coronavirus at the White House on March 15, 2020. Alex Brandon/Associated Press

A masked traveler walks from the ticket counter at the Salt Lake City International Airport on March 15, 2020, in Utah. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia. Rick Bowmer/Associated Press

Volunteers wearing masks and gloves wait for voters in a polling station during local elections in Lyon, central France on March 15, 2020. France is holding nationwide elections to choose all of its mayors and other local leaders despite a crackdown on public gatherings because of the coronavirus. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness. Laurent Cipriani/Associated Press

People line up outside a pharmacy in Lille, northern France on March 15, 2020. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness, especially in older adults and people with existing health problems. Michel Spingler/Associated Press

Health workers in protective gear spray disinfectant inside a passenger train carriage in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak at Pasar Turi train station in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia on March 15, 2020. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some, it can cause more severe illness, especially in older adults and people with existing health problems. Trisnadi/Associated Press

Men jog past a Louis Vuitton store on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris on March 15, 2020. French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe announced that France is shutting down all restaurants, cafes, cinemas and non-essential retail shops to combat the accelerated spread of the virus in the country. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness. Christophe Ena/Associated Press

A gate area at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport is crowded with travelers awaiting a Delta flight to Atlanta on March 14, 2020. Weary travelers returning to the U.S. amid coronavirus-related travel restrictions are being greeted by long lines and hours-long waits for required medical screenings at airports. John Scalzi/Associated Press

People wearing protective clothes talk with a man at the Gran Via avenue in downtown in Madrid, Spain on March 14, 2020. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said his government will declare a two-week state of emergency on Saturday, giving itself extraordinary powers including the mobilization of the armed forces, to confront the COVID-19 outbreak. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia. Manu Fernandez/Associated Press

A man wearing a mask walks past empty shelves in a meat market in Barcelona, Spain on March 14, 2020. Spain's prime minister has announced a two-week state of emergency from Saturday in a bid to contain the new coronavirus outbreak. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some, it can cause more severe illness, especially in older adults and people with existing health problems. Emilio Morenatti/Associated Press